Beside Complicit which I presented you yesterday, there is another new drama coming to Channel 4 with a stellar cast led by Danny Dyer and David Morrissey! New six-part series THE SIEGE based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book will take us back to April 1980, when six armed
Gwilym Lee, Danny Dyer, David Morrisey will star
Iranian separatists entered the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 people hostage, beginning a six-day siege watched around the world.
The ensemble cast will also include Kevin Doyle, Alex Jennings and Omid
Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar, Alex Jennings will also star
Djalili, Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar and our dearest Gwilym Lee. New series will explore what happened inside the embassy as well as the police response and the plans being made by the SAS, giving us a closer look at the people caught up in those extraordinary six days.
Channel 4 has announced a compelling new six-part murder mystery COMPLICIT with Claire Goose leading the cast as Jen Molloy, alongside Moe Dunford who plays Jen’s lover, Damian Barr, and Jason O’Mara as her husband, Chris Molloy.When Jen Molloy slips back home after a night of passion with a man who isn’t her husband, she has no idea how devastating the consequences will be. When a death follows, one split-second lie threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. If protecting your family meant allowing a killer to walk free… what choice would you make? Complicit explores the terrifying ripples of a single untruth and the contradictions of how far we will go to protect everything we love whilst fighting an insatiable pull towards something more dangerous. Secrets are only secrets if they stay hidden…
Exactly a year ago I told you that Channel 4 and French Canal + are making a six part drama out of Joseph Kessel's book ARMY OF SHADOWS,
which was already turned into a classic film depicting the emergence of
the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation of France during World War
2. Channel
4 will switch it into the story of how resistance takes shape in a
near-future authoritarian Britain.
Under de facto American occupation, a former British army officer builds
a covert resistance cell from scratch - navigating betrayal, moral
compromise and the tension between patience and action - as young
recruits fight to reclaim their country and their futures.
Across six thrilling episodes, the series chronicles the early days of
the British Resistance. From first kills and internal betrayals to
propaganda campaigns, internment camps, and a climactic political
assassination - this is a story about how freedom is taken and how it
can be won back. It has been revealed that Paddy Considine, Kit Harington, Alex Hassell and America Ferrera will lead the cast.
It has become Channel 4's most watched new series in half a decade and you already know that the second season will be shooting later this year after it airs in USA as well this Wednesday on BritBox, but
Second season will shoot in Yorkshire this year
now we have a plot as well for the second run. Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds will again play the older and younger Emma Harte who rises from poverty to billions. In new eight episode season, she emerges from World War One and strides into the glittering, fast changing world of the 1920s. Her ambition for the Harte name is unrelenting, as is her determination to make the Fairley family pay. But she has passion to contend with, in the form of the infuriatingly charismatic Paul McGill, and she'll also endure devastating loss and face unexpected betrayals from those she holds most dear. Meanwhile in the 1970s, she battles to win back her life’s work from Jim Fairley who not only married her heiress but also will have a kid with her. Emma will have a Fairley grandchild! Oh, noes!
Channel 4has already aired this one over in Britain and I actually finished watching it earlier this week and can tell you that it is probably the best period set series of the year so far, but I wanted to inform you today that it will start streaming for the audiences in USA and Canada on BritBox as of June 24th and you do not want to miss it. With Brenda Blethyn as the lead it is the reboot of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's
novel with Jessica Reynolds playing the younger version. You can check out the gorgeous and dynamic trailer below and tell us what you think, will you tune in?
THE EIGHT EPISODE SERIES FOLLOWS
the
tale of an impoverished, ambitious maid Emma Harte in the 1900's
Yorkshire who takes a dizzying climb to become the world’s richest
woman in the 1970s, gazing down on her sprawling empire from a luxury
New York penthouse. Emmett J Scanlan stars as Adam Fairley, Lydia Leonard as Olivia Wainwright, Leanne Best as Adele Fairley, Ewan Horrocks as Edwin Fairley, Harry Cadby as Gerald Fairley, Will Mellor as Jack Harte, Lenny Rush as Frank Harte, Niall Wright as Mac, Robert Wilfort as Murgatroyd, Toby Regbo as Jim Fairley, Hiftu Quasem as Priya Chandra, Sophie Bould as Elizabeth Harte and Georgina Sadler as Polly.
Channel 4has released first trailer a few weeks ago featuring David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE from Russell T. Davies but back then we did not have the air date. Today I can finally tell you that the series will start airing in UK this Sunday May 31st and that it will also stream down in Australia on their Binge streamer and Foxtel from June 2nd. It will air on Starz in USA.
IN THIS BRAND NEW TV SERIES
They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other
in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around them
is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become
radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be
safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star.
Channel 4and Steven Moffat have produced new comedy series NUMBER 10 with Rafe Spall playing the prime minister, Katherine Kelly as his Chief of Staff, and Jenna Coleman as her deputy and today we have the first images to prove it. Laura Haddock and Richard Rankin also star! There’s a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance,
crisis and heartbreak in-between. Set in the only terrace house in
history with mice and a nuclear deterrent, it’s the only knock-through
in the world where a hangover can start a war. The government will be
fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. We’ll never
know which party is in power, because once the whole world hits the fan
it barely matters. The series will air sometime this year.
ADS RORY KINNEAR, DAVID THEWLIS, EVE MYLES, ELEANOR TOMPLINSON
Channel 4 has announced cast for their comic thriller mini TV series WRONG MOVE which will be led by Rory Kinnear, Eleanor Tomlinson, Eva Myles, David Thewlis, David Bradley, in the story that follows complicated lives of the people trying to take the next steps up the property ladder, and the misguided notion that moving house can fix everything. The plot follows three couples who are tied in a property-buying chain, only for the person at the top to pull out the night before the deals are done, causing chaos for those lower down.
Channel 4 has released first trailer featuring David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE fromRussell T. Davies.
They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other
in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settlingdown, the world around them
is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become
radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a
tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be
safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star. The air date is yet to be announced.
Channel 4 has released first teaser with Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu in their new six part series FALLING. She plays Anna, a devoted nun, and Essiedu is David, a Catholic priest. Both are deeply
committed to their work in the church and in their community.
Neither are expected to fall in love. But when they do, both are forced
to wrestle with what it means for them, their vows, and their
relationship with God. This witty and moving love drama will also see Rakie Ayola, Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Scarborough, David Dawson, Susan Brown and Sandra Voe starring in the cast. The series will air sometime this year.
We have first image from Channel 4 new series DEADPOINT in which Callum Scott Howells plays a climber who returns home to find his sister missing on a mountain where he once faced tragedy. As he searches for her up on Snowdonia an extremist group and police detective converge on the same peaks with different motives. Michael Socha and our dearest Gwilym Lee, Sam Keeley, Gary Lewis and Arthur Hughes also star in the five part thriller.
Channel 4 has unveiled cast for their new four part drama CLOSE TO HOME which follows Sean (Anthony Boyle), a young man who finds himself back in Belfast. Back from university and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs
Seamus O'Hara, Anthony Boyle and Oisin Thompson will star
that always fall through. Back with his brother, his ma and all the things they never talk about. Back where the promised prosperity of peacetime has yet to arrive and every street has a story to tell. One night, Sean assaults a stranger at a party and everything is tipped into chaos. Jessica Reynolds, Seamus O’Hara and Oisín Thompson also star.
Channel 4has sent us the first trailer with Brenda Blethyn as the lead in the reboot of A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's
novel with Jessica Reynolds playing the younger version. Story
follows the tale of an impoverished, ambitious maid Emma Harte in
Yorkshirewho takes a dizzying climb to become the world’s richest
woman, gazing down on hersprawling empire from a luxury New York penthouse. Emmett J Scanlan will star as Adam Fairley, Lydia Leonard as Olivia Wainwright, Leanne Best as Adele Fairley, Ewan Horrocks as Edwin Fairley, Harry Cadby as Gerald Fairley, Will Mellor as Jack Harte, Lenny Rush as Frank Harte, Niall Wright as Mac, Robert Wilfort as Murgatroyd, Toby Regbo as Jim Fairley, Hiftu Quasem as Priya Chandra, Sophie Bould as Elizabeth Harte and Georgina Sadler as Polly. The series will air sometime this year. Check out the stunningly beautiful trailer below and tell us what you think, will you watch? In USA it will stream on BritBox.
British Channel 4 and Australian Stan are teaming up on new four part series CARELESS which follows Scottish backpacker Robbie (Solly McLeod) who finds himself in Sydney determined to become a live-in carer for a notorious rock’n’roll legend, Mike (Richard Roxburgh), who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. To his delight, he nails the interview and gets the gig. But, as he grows closer to Mike, he also grows closer to Mike’s wife Angela (Robyn Malcolm), and becomes a confidante to both Mike and Angela. As Robbie integrates himself further in their relationship, it becomes clear there’s something in Robbie’s past which may put Mike and Angela in serious danger. Katie Leung will also star.
Channel 4 and Steven Moffat have announced work on new comedy series NUMBER 10 with Rafe Spall playing the prime minister, Katherine Kelly as his Chief of Staff, and Jenna Coleman as her deputy. Laura Haddock and Richard Rankin will also star! There’s a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak in-between. Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a nuclear deterrent, it’s the only knock-through in the world where a hangover can start a war. The government will be fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. We’ll never know which party is in power, because once the whole world hits the fan it barely matters.
Channel 4 has released first images featuring David Morrissey and Alan Cumming as leads in their new five part drama TIP TOE fromRussell T. Davies.
They will play Leo and Clive, who have lived next door to each other
in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settlingdown, the world around them
is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become
radicalized, and gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies in a
tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be
safe. Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou will also star.
I thought I should remind you of this week's new shows beginning with SUMMERWATER which starts tonight on Channel 4 set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park and exploring the simmering tensions between holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax. Weaving together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken conflicts, private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their disparate cabins the story flashes back to dramatic events in key characters’ lives before their holiday which may have consequences in the present.
COOPER AND FRY ON CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 begun, earlier this Tuesday, airing their new series COOPER AND FRY set in the mystery shrouded Peak District, where DC Ben Cooper (Robert James Collier), an affable local, is thrown together with guarded newcomer DC Diane Fry (Mandip Gill), to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. As their personal lives begin to intertwine and past scars look to be healed, a unique friendship is formed. While Cooper and Fry unearth old rituals and beliefs, they must rely on each other to not only bring justice, but to survive.
PRIME VIDEO'S MALICE
Prime Video has our dear Jack Whitehall as a manny in their new six episode thriller series MALICE which started this Friday. He plays a rather hot and charming tutor who infiltrates a wealthy family's life, revealing a sinister agenda. As his vengeful plot unfolds, the family must confront the enemy living under their own roof. David Duchovny and Carice van Houten play the parents of the family.
Channel 4has revealed thrilling first trailer for their new six part mini series SUMMERWATER which finished shooting last spring in Scotland with Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, our dearest Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, Daniel Rigby and Gabriel Scott in the cast and will arrive sometime this November!
SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP
of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday
cabin park, this atmospheric mystery looks at the simmering tensions
between
holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax. Weaving
together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken
conflicts,private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their
disparate
cabins. The story flashes back to dramatic events in key characters’
lives before their holiday which may have consequences in the present.
Channel 4 has revealed some brand images for their new six part mini series SUMMERWATER which finished shooting last spring in Scotland with Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, our dearest Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, Daniel Rigby and Gabriel Scott in the cast and will arrive sometime this November so you can expect a trailer soon and the announcement of the exact airing date.
SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP
of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday
cabin park, this atmospheric mystery looks at the simmering tensions
between
holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax. Weaving
together the lives of several families as they navigate unspoken
conflicts,private dilemmas, and fleeting moments of beauty from their
disparate
cabins. The story flashes back to dramatic events in key characters’
lives before their holiday which may have consequences in the present.
